| 2015-07-30 09:30:53 | PERMIT # 15070655 |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| | THIS PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED PROVISO WITH COMMENTS: |
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| | ***VERIFICATION NEEDED THAT THE POST-INDICATOR VALVE |
| | COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA CHAPTER 13, AS |
| | EXPLAINED IN THE ANNEX: |
| | A.8.16.1.3 OUTSIDE CONTROL VALVES ARE SUGGESTED IN THE |
| | FOLLOWING ORDER OF PREFERENCE: |
| | (1) LISTED INDICATING VALVES AT EACH CONNECTION INTO |
| | THE BUILDING AT LEAST 40 FT (12.2 M) FROM BUILDINGS IF |
| | SPACE PERMITS |
| | (2) CONTROL VALVES INSTALLED IN A CUTOFF STAIR TOWER OR |
| | VALVE ROOM ACCESSIBLE FROM OUTSIDE |
| | (3) VALVES LOCATED IN RISERS WITH INDICATING POSTS |
| | ARRANGED FOR OUTSIDE OPERATION |
| | (4) KEY-OPERATED VALVES IN EACH CONNECTION INTO THE |
| | BUILDING |
| | POST-INDICATOR VALVES SHOULD BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN |
| | 40 FT (12.2 M) FROM BUILDINGS. WHEN POST-INDICATOR |
| | VALVES CANNOT BE PLACED AT THIS DISTANCE, THEY ARE |
| | PERMITTED TO BE LOCATED CLOSER, OR WALL POST-INDICATOR |
| | VALVES CAN BE USED, PROVIDED THEY ARE SET IN LOCATIONS |
| | BY BLANK WALLS WHERE THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURY BY |
| | FALLING WALLS IS UNLIKELY AND FROM WHICH PEOPLE ARE NOT |
| | LIKELY TO BE DRIVEN BY SMOKE OR HEAT. USUALLY, IN |
| | CROWDED PLANT YARDS, THEY CAN BE PLACED BESIDE LOW |
| | BUILDINGS, NEAR BRICK STAIR TOWERS, OR AT ANGLES FORMED |
| | BY SUBSTANTIAL BRICK WALLS THAT ARE NOT LIKELY TO FALL. |
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| | ****PLACEMENT OF THE FDC NEXT TO THE HYDRANT IS TO BE |
| | REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT IT WILL NOT IMPEDED THE USE OF |
| | THE HYDRANT FOR FIRE FIGHTING TACTICS AND/OR WATER FLOW |
| | TESTING. |
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| | SUE ELLEN CALDERON |
| | ASST. FIRE MARSHAL |
| | OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
| | (561) 804-4751 |
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